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virgatum ssp. oleifolium

Shrubs to 5 ft.  Flowers (March-May) are white or pink.  A subspecies with smaller, paler flowers that tolerates a warm, dry site.  Found ion open scrubby sites from 6,500 to 13,000 ft.

1984/072  (oleifolium)  KW#6279:Brodick  (+15).

virgatum ssp. virgatum

Low mounding evergreen shrubs with small lanceolate leaves.  The funnel-shaped flowers are white to deep pink in mid-spring.  A rarely offered but floriferous and drought tolerant species for sun or shade.  Known to bloom as a one-year plant.  Quite common in the eastern Himalayas where it occurs from 8,000 to 12,500 ft. in various habitats.

1965/404  Crarae  (+10).  Rose pink flowers.

1966/038  R#183 or 185:WW  (+10).

1966/672  R#183 or 185:WW  (+10).  Blooms March-May.

1980/038  Brodick  (+10).  White flowered form.

1997sd521  SEH#535:RSBG  (+10\R1\3).  Low mounding evergreen shrubs with small lanceolate leaves.  The funnel-shaped flowers are white to deep pink in mid-spring.  Grown from my collection of seed at 7,500 ft. in the Sikkim Himalaya.  a rarely offered and very tough rhododendron.  Tolerant of dry soil and sun once established.